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G. H. WOODYFIELD. CQNTRUL MEANS FOR WINDOWS 0H THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED/mn. 2. m9.

lzitcxmrdSept. S), 1919.

, WA a G. HWOODHELD.

CONTROL MEANS FOR WINDOWS 0R THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.Z. ISIS.

EatentedSept. I), 191%).

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Specification of Letters; Patent.

To all whom t may @once/rn Be-it known that l, Geenen lrl. W'oonrrnL-o.,a citizen or" the United States, and e resident of Toledo., in theeoin'ltf,v of Luces und State of @hid have invented e. Certain new anduseful Control Meeus for "W i ifiowsor the like; sind l do herebydei'rlere'the following; to l a full, eleer, end erect deecription ofthe invention, suoli :ie will enable others Skilled in 'the ort to whichit zipljerlains 'to ineke and use theean'ie, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, :unil to the characters of reference workedthereonJ which forni a. part of this speoiiieniion.

This invention relates pertionlerly to ineens for raising and loweringthe Windorf's oit zintoi'nohiles, end has for its object the provisionoii o mechanism ott this eines Wl'iioh is eiifnple und inexpensive in,its construction end composed oi' e minimum ninnher of ports, is:adapted to automatieelly look in any position. of adjustment 'toprevent lowering of then/indoor by airing, is eepehleof heilig easilyoperated, :ind is noiselees imite eetion. thereby increasing' itspreeticebility end Commercial velue.

fifhe invention. is fully described in the following s'peoiieetionj andWhile, in its broeder aspect, it Eis ceipzihle of einliodinients ininnnerons forms, e preferred embodiment thereof illustrated in theaccompanying Figure il ie an inner sectional freginew tary elevation ofe vehicle with the' door there if' equipped with the il'lvention end 1i'i f; window in lowered position. Fig.

'i 1 '2 is an enlarged deteli of the invention with parte broken awayand 'with theopereting handle removed. Fig. is :i section on the lino53, 3 in Fig. Q, with the operating handle in poeitioni Figf is aninnei'- side eleveH tion olithe inner end portion of theIoperetin'ghendle. Fig. 5 en enlarged section of the door on the line 5,5 in Fig. l. Fig. 6 is etion of the invention on the line 6, 6

therein, and 3 e, glass or Window part' operates o. roller 'that iscarried by' u, vertiozillv .se .nipping erin 6. This erm is fixed :it 1tener end to und projects trimsversely from the innerelid of e, journalor carrying heed i", which is mounted for rotary movements in n. hearingbracket 8. The bracket Si is d spoeed within the hollow lower portion orthe door l end bolted or otherwise.

suitably secured to one of 'the upright edge meznbe. 9 of the door. Theweight of the 'Window 3 is oonntereoted by eontrictile spring; lll.which is connected et one end to n, :yoke ll i int spons the cylindricalsleeve or h' wing portie-n 1.2 ofthe bracket 8 and is a., .hed et itsends to the .firm 6 it opposite sidee oit he ring' sleeve., Whileltheoppos t oppr odge nirrigght or' the door fromthet to which the lfnooketis secured. lfn the present instance the spring l() is connected to 'theyoke il. 'through the medium of a curved meinlier i3.

The journal heed 7 is provided et one end with n. flange le. whichcoeets with the outer edge oi? the hearing sleeve l2 to limit itsmovement therein. and the heed is also provid l :it its end with :inauxiliary projecting' trunoion l5 ou which the huh ijiortionl .6 of thecontrol-handle l? is loosely mounted for rotary movements, beingretained thereon hy o, s ,row 18. f rihe heed 7 is provided in its bodyportion Within thehea-ring sleeve 12 with e. dinnietrioelly disposedrecess 19in which e dog 2O is mounted for hinted re Ciprooetorylmovei'nents trensvers ,v to the heed exis. This dog, in the presentinstance, is ofilat plete-like forni-end is provided et one end with etransversely projecting lug 2l. which extends in pfirellel relation tothe -heed axis and is edepted, to project for- 'Werdlv through enopening 22 in jthe head with its outer end projecting Without the flangeor outer side of the heed toward the huh i6 of the control handle. Theopening 22 is of greater radial depth than the Width of the lug 2l topermit radial movements of the lng therein relative to the head.

lietirloited Sept. 9, i919 end of seid spring fixed to the gli posed tothe end thereof-from Whichthe lug 21 projects, is adapted to proiectbeyond the periphery of the head 7 and into catch en-- gagement with theregistering notch 23 in the inner periphery of the bearing sleeve 12,aplurality of said notches being provided therein in equi-distantlyspaced relation, as

shovvnvin Fig. 6. The dog 20 is'yieldingly held inv engagement with anotch -23 by a coiled compression spring 24e, which is dis.

posed in an opening 25 -in the dog 20' and is also disposed inanenlargement 26 `in the central portion of the-recess 19 top adapt it tohave one end thrust against the respective end Wall of the recess 26 andits other end thrust against the respective end Wall of the opening25 tourge a catch engagement of the dog With a registering notch 23.

A cam-plate 27- of disk vi'iorni, in the present instance, is mounted onthetrunnion 15 4between the head 7 and the handle hub 16 and is'provided with a peripheral notch 28, Which'straddles the lug 21 on thedog. The notch 28- is of greater width than the lug 21 to permit alimited rocking movement of the cam-plate relative to the lug, and theinner end vvall of the notch, against which the inner/edge of thelug isheld in yielding contact by the action of a spring 24, is .of y V formto causesaid Wall to have a camming action on :the lug 21 when theplate'is moved from neutral position relative to said lug, and toleffect a consequent-movement of the dogto Withdraw its end from lockingengagement with a notch 23.

` The hub portion 16 of the control handle has lpins 29 projectingtherefrom into'registering openings 3Q in the cam-plate to ycause the'plate andv handle to have rocking movements together. The handle andplate are normally held in neutral position relative `to the head-'7'and the dog 20 by a coiled 'compression spring 31, which is mounted inaniopening 32 in thev plate 27y and projects laterally therefrom intoa'registering recess 33 in the adjacent end of the head 7 v lt isyevident that in moving the control handle 17 to 'effect either araising or lowering of the window, the handle and plate 27 fixe-d.thereto are first permitted 'rolia-ve a limited rocking mov-ementrelative to the head17by reason of the play afforded between the sidesof the dog lug 21 and plate notch 28, and during suchrelative movement.the cam wall lol the notch 28 acts on the lug 21 to effect a Withdrawalof the dog 2O from locking engagement withthe bearing sleeve 12. Duringthe -continued movement of the control -handle'the head 7 is permittedto turn freelyin its bearing to effecta rocking of thel arm G and aconsequent raising or lovveringof the window to'desired position.v Upona release of the 'rocking pressure on .thev Vhandle 17 the spring 31acts to return the cam plate 27 to neutral position With respect to thedog 20, as shown in Fig..2, thereby rendering the dog free to enter oneof the notches 23 in the bearing sleeve and 'thus prevent, a furthermovement of the window until the control handle has again been rocked tomove thelog to released position.

The control mechanism is practically noiselcss in its action as theparts thereof are prevented from rattling by the action of the holdingsprings. and the dog is positively held out of'notch engaging positionWhen the carrying head 7 is being shifted in one direction or the other,thereby permitting the locking dog from clicking past coactingfnotchesin the bearing sleeve.

I Wish it understood that my invention is not -restri cted to anyspecific construction, arrangement orvform oi the parts, as itis capableof numerous modifications and changesivithout departing from the spiritthereof as defined in the claims, and also that while l haveparticularly illustrated my locking means in, connection with anautomobile door, it may be used in other connections.

Having thus described my invention,

what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In combination, a journal bearing having a series of internal catchnotches, a journal rotatably mounted in said bearing, a dog carried bythe journal and normally engaging one of said notches, and control meansmounted-for limited movements relative to the journal' and operable whenmoved. in either of opposite directions to irst move the dog to releasedposition and to then move the journal and dog to a predeterminedposition.

2. ln combination, a bearing member having inner catch notches, acylindrical head journaled in said member, a dog carried by said headfor movements transverse to 'its axis and normally engaging in one ofsaid notches to lock the head against rotation in either direction.4control means carried by Said head for limited rocking movementsrelative thereto and for rohition therewith and having a part in cammingcoaction With a4 part ofjsaid dog to el'cct a retraction of the dog fromnotch engaging position when said means has movement in either directionrelative to said head, @and means for normally retaining said firstmeansin neutral position relative to said head.

3. In-combination, a bearing member havj ing peripherally spacedinternal notches, a

cylindrical head journaled in said member and having a transverseopening, a dog mounted in said openingr for reciprocatory movementstransverse to the head axis and norn'rally engaging one of said notches,said dog ,having a lug projecting Without one end mounted in saidopenlng for `'reciprocatory movements transverse to the* head axis and.d normally engaging one of said notches, -said l dop; having a lugprojectingwitliout one end of said head, and a. control member carriedby said head for limited rotationrelative thereto and having an openingat one side of its axis receivingv said vflug, one-Wall of said memberopening havingr eamming coaction with said lug/to retract the dog toreleased position relative to said bearing mem'- ber when the control isturned in either direction relative `Ato said head;Y and s ring meansinterposed between said head an u control member to yieldingly retainthemv in neutral relation.;

5. In combination, a bearing prvided internally with an annular set ofcontrol notches, a cylindrical head journaled4 in 'said bearlng, a,donfI `carried internally by said head for movements transverse to itsaXiS, a spring coactlng .with said dog; and head to yieldlngly projectone end of the dog into engagement with aregistering notch in saidbearing, a lug;` projecting from sald dog longitudinally of the head, acontrol lever journaled on an end of said head and having' a partprovidedI with a recess receiving said lug' 'and adapted to coacttherewith 'to permit predetermined rotation of the head and lever, saidrecess having a vv'all of V form -in coaction With'said lng to fretractthe dog to released position when the lever is moved in either directlonfrom neutral position rel- `ative to the head, and a springIr coactingwith said lever and head to normally retain them in neutral relation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my-name to thisspecification.

.GEORGE H. Woonrfrnnn.

